In 1992, Michigan’s freshman class took the college basketball world by storm. The quintet of Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson reached the NCAA final before losing to Duke. 1993 Michigan basketball brought all five back to make a run at the program’s second national championship in five years. GREAT […]
Steve Fisher was one of college basketball’s great stories in 1989, but in three short years his seat had began to get a little warm. Fisher took over the Michigan program on an interim basis after head coach Bill Frieder left and promptly started his career 6-0 with a national championship. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS […]
Bill Frieder had put Michigan back on the map in basketball with a Big Ten championship in 1985. The 1986 Michigan basketball team validated that achievement with a second consecutive conference title before a surprise early NCAA Tournament loss to a familiar foe. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTSStart reading today. After the program had been in the […]
The 1976 Final Four is best remembered for when Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers capped off a perfect season with a national championship. But there were three other stories there too, from UCLA in the post-Wooden era to an upstart from the East to a conference runner-up for the first time. Here’s a look back on the teams of the 1976 Final Four–Indiana, UCLA, Rutgers and Michigan and their roads to Philadelphia.
Webber came barreling over the half-court line, looking completely uncomfortable. He was pinned into a corner and stopped to call for a timeout…except there were none left.
The 1989 Michigan basketball team was loaded with talent, from All-American forward Glen Rice to talented sophomore Sean Higgins, to the low post duo of Terry Mills and Loy Vaught to their fine point guard Rumeal Robinson. But after a third-place finish in the Big Ten, they looked ready to go into the books as an underachieving disappointment.